Microsoft Surface Duo’s app for Xbox Cloud Gaming is getting an upgrade that allows you to use the second screen like a game controller, turning the device into a Nintendo 3DS-like handheld console.
There’s a new update for Microsoft Surface Duo that turns the device into a handheld gaming console of sorts: now some Xbox Cloud Gaming titles can be played with the second screen covered in touch controls mapped to the Xbox controller buttons. The update went live this morning, empowering Surface Duo owners to play a selection of 50 games over Xbox Cloud Gaming (formerly xCloud), but you’ll need an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription to play them, according to a tweet from Microsoft Chief Product Officer Panos Panay: Xbox has seemingly quietly been adding touch controls to some titles in its Game Pass library over the last few months, per The Verge, and the actual list amounts to 66 games as of publishing time – you can find them on the Game Pass catalogue by filtering for ‘Cloud-enabled’ and ‘Xbox touch controls’ games here.
